These files include data and estimation code for:

Boehmke, Frederick J. 2005. �Sources of Variation in the Frequency of Statewide Initiatives:
The Role of Interest Group Populations.� Political Research Quarterly (forthcoming).

Compiled on June 30, 2005 by Frederick J. Boehmke (frederick-boehmke@uiowa.edu).

Included:

1 comma-separated ascii data set:
	boehmke2005prq.csv

1 Stata data set:
	boehmke2005prq.dta

2 Stata do files:
	boehmke2005prq.do 		runs the model in the paper.
	boehmke2005prq-simulate.do 	runs first differences and expected values for
					the model in the paper - requires CLARIFY.
1 preprint copy of the paper:
	boehmke2005prq.pdf

These are the variables in the Stata data set. See boehmke2005prq.dta for data 
labels (also below). See the paper for additional information on variable sources
and construction. Note that these data exclude the information on initiatives
by subject area, which were provided by Richard Braunstein (see Braunstein 2004).

  ballot statinit consinit statcons sigs unlimit circdays singlesu distribu primaryo  
  repgov repleg ideology tot econ citizen legprof time minherf deficit debt totpop rpcpinc 
  stateno state statenam year decade statsigs conssigs gsp_bea statdist consdist sgenexp
  stotrev stltdebt cpi2002 minherf

ballot		"Number of Initiatives on Ballot"
statinit	"Statutory Initiative"
consinit	"Constitutional Initiative"
statcons 	"Statutory and Constitutional Initiative"
sigs		"Signature Requirement (Average)"
unlimit		"Unlimited Circulation"
circdays	"Circulation Period in Days"
singlesu	"Single Subject"
distribu	"Distribution Requirement (Yes/No)"
primaryo	"Primary and Off Year Ballots"
repgov		"Republican Governor"
repleg		"Republican Legislature(s)"
rpcpinc		"Real per Capita Personal Income"
ideology	"State Ideology (EWM)"
totpop		"Total Population"
deficit		"Budget Deficit"
debt		"Long Term Debt"
econ		"Economic Interest Groups (by Decade) - Gray & Lowery"
tot 		"Total Interest Groups (by Decade) - Gray & Lowery"
citizen		"Citizen Interest Groups (by Decade) - Gray & Lowery"
legprof		"Legislative Professionalism"
statcons	"Statutory and Constitutional"
time		"Time (since 1976)"
minordiv	"Minority Diversity (by Decade)"
minherf		"Herfindahl Index of Race (by Decade)"
stateno 	"State Numeric Index"
state 		"State Abbreviation"
statenam 	"State"
year 		"Year"
decade 		"Decade"
numadopt 	"Number of Initiatives Passed"
conssigs 	"Constitutional Signature Requirement"
consdist 	"Constitutional Distribution Requirement"
statsigs 	"Statutory Signature Requirement"
statdist	"Statutory Distribution Requirement"
totpop 		"Total Population"
sgenexp 	"State General Expenditures - Nominal"
stotrev 	"State Total Revenue - Nominal"
stltdebt 	"State Long Term Debt - Nominal"
gsp_bea 	"Gross State Product - Nominal"
legprof 	"Legislative Professionalism"
cpi2002		"Consumer Price Index (base 2002)"
